Episode #18
A Life on the River: Fraser River Fishing Guide Marc Laynes
Marc Laynes has spent 37 seasons guiding on the Fraser River,one of the world's only waterways where you can catch a white sturgeon. He started his business with handwritten letters and a VHS tape mailed to English travel agents before the internet existed, and he has spent decades chasing alegendary 14-foot fish he has never managed to land. In this conversation, Marc and Atlee talk about what it meansto turn a childhood obsession into a career, the surprisingly gentle bite of a 1,000-pound fish, and the kind of persistence that carries someone through 37 seasons of getting up before dawn. If you've ever wondered what it looks liketo do exactly what you were built for, this is that story. Topics covered: white sturgeon biology and behaviour, building a guiding business from scratch, how the Fraser River became a world-class fishing destination, and what a 150-million-year-old fish teaches you about how to live.
